Crews were making progress fighting a brush fire that caused thousands of people to flee their homes and businesses in Rancho Bernardo on Wednesday morning. San Diego Fire-Rescue officials ordered a massive response after the blaze in the area of Bernardo Center Drive and Camino del Norte was discovered.

San Diego Fire-Rescue said the Center Fire at Camino Del Norte and Paseo Montanoso could potentially grow to 100 acres.

Emergency crews battled a brush fire that broke out in the Rancho Bernardo community of San Diego on Wednesday, January 22, stopping the spread at around four acres, according to local news reports.Footage filmed and posted to X by Chethan Kumar Iyer shows aircrafts dropping water on the blaze,